Glossopharyngeal Nerve Blockade for Awake Videolaryngoscope Assisted Endotracheal Intubation in the Morbidly Obese

Royal Victoria Hospital, Canada24 enrolled

Overview

The investigators wish to determine if application of 2% lidocaine soaked gauze to the peritonsillar pillars will decrease the amount of gagging caused by awake videolaryngocope assisted tracheal intubation in the morbidly obese.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Gagging

Interventions

lidocaineOTHER

Application of lidocaine to the glossopharyngeal nerve.

placeboOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * morbid obese patients scheduled for bariatric surgery, with a planned awake intubation. Exclusion Criteria: * inability to communicate in English or french * allergies to any study drugs * any patient with an American society of anesthesiologists score of 4 or more

Locations (1)

Royal Victoria Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Gagging

We will assess the amount of gagging during the awake intubation.

Time frame: 2 minutes

Secondary Outcomes

vital signs

we will asses vital signs during intubation.

Time frame: 2 minutes

lidocaine levels

Time frame: 40 minutes

Central Contacts

Albert Moore, md

CONTACT

5149341934 moore_albert@hotmail.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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